Feed-bag



(No Modeli) M; MICHELS PAULY. FEED BAG.

No; 459,759. Patented Sept. 22, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHEL MICHELS AND JOSEPH PAULY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FEED-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 459,759, dated September 22, 1891.

Application filed March 16, 1891t Serial No. 385,242. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MICHEL MIOHELS and JOSEPH PAULY, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed- Bags, of which the followingis aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a novel construc tion in a feed bag or receptacle for holding horse-food that is to be attached to the thills of the vehicle to which the horse is hitched and hang in a convenient position to permit the horse to eat therefrom.

The object of this invention is to providea device of this character of simple and durable construction, and so constructed that it can be folded into a comparatively small area.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts, hereinafter fully described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with our invention and attached to the front end portions of the thills of a vehicle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail plan View of the rear end portion of one of the supporting-arms, and Fig. 4 isa detail end elevation of the feed-bag partially closed or folded.

Referring to said drawings,Aindicates the forward end portions of the thills of a vehicle. B B indicate forwardly-projecting supporting-arms secured to the end portions of said thills, and C indicates a feed bag or receptacle hung from the front ends of said supporting-arms. The said feed-bag is so located that a horse standing between the thills can easily eat therefrom.

It is obvious that various forms of feed receptacles can be employed; but as a convenient and preferable receptacle a bag 0 is used, having an upper rigid ring or rim 1 hinged at opposite points on its circumference, as at 2, and provided with a flexible bag 3, preferably made of canvas. It will thus be seen that said bag can be folded or closed and will occupy a comparatively small area. The said feed-bag is connected with the ends of the supportingarms B by swinging joints, the particular construction of which embraces links 4, connected with the eyes 5 on the ends of said supporting arms and with eyes 6, secured to the rim 1 of the feed-bag. Each of said supporting-arms B comprises an outer sliding member 7 and an inner stationary member 8. The feed-bag is secured to said sliding member 7, and said members lie flat against each other. The forward end of the member Sis provided with a loop 9, embracing the sliding member '7, and the rear end of the latter is provided with a loop 10, embracing said stationary member. It will thus be seen that the supporting-arms are adjustable in length, so that when secured to the thills of a vehicle said feed-bag can be moved forwardly or backwardly to a position convenient for the horse to eat therefrom to make up for the different lengths of thills and the position of the horse therein. The rear end portion of the stationary member of the supporting-arm is provided with the curved fingers or collars 11,that slip over the end of the thill, and in the rear of said collars the member is provided with a projection 12, that rests against the under faces of the thills, thereby serving to support the said arms. The said projection 12 is tapered, as shown, so that when the said collar is placed around the end portion of the thill the outer edge of the tapered portion will be located at such an angle to the thill that a ring 13 can be slipped over the tapered end portion of the stationary member and thethill and be wedged upon said tapered portion to hold the same rigidly to the thill. As a further means for securing the said supporting-arm to the thill the end portion of said stationary member is provided with a lug 14, that enters a recess 15, made in said thill.

It is obvious that the device described and shown provides a convenient article for feeding horses hitched to vehicles, that it can be easily and quickly applied and removed from the thills, and can be folded into a compact and handy form.

\Ve claim as our invention- 1. A feed-receptacle having supporting; arms provided at their rear end portions with fingers or collars adapted to receive the end portions of the thills of a Vehicle, and projeetions in the rear of said fingers or collars to he slipped over said tapered proj eotions to 10 adapted to rest against the bottom of said hold the same against the thills, as described.

thills. In testimony whereof We affix our signa- 2. A feedreceptacle having supportingtures in presence of two witnesses.

5 arms provided at their rear end portions with MICHEL MICHELS. fingers or collars adapted to receive the end JOSEPH PAULY. portions of the thills of a vehicle, and projec- Witnesses: i tions having tapered edges located in the rear HARRY COBB KENNEDY, of said fingers or collars, and a ring adapted OTTO LUEBKERT. 

